The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-06
THE NEW GLASS SCALE
roRMALLY Presented THE MHN
by tho Manufactursrs ,Testsrday-Copiss
0lvon TO The, Factory Committees and
to tho Individual wsskmon-An Open
..# Letter. Accompanies the Scale.

to tho Individual Wsekmon-An Open
Letter Accompanies the Scale.
The new scale prepared by the American
Flint Glaas Manufacturer Association
was yesterday presented to the factory
committee at all tho factories Represented
in the Association. Tho new provisions
Of the wage scale are not numerous. For
instance: For beer mug, the presser 10
paid s., the dulsher ST. Is and the gatherer
$l.25. Stuck handled beer mug, the same
wages except that the handler gets s. rs.
On tumblers the prosssr runs from sle5
to 50, and the gatheIer from SLIT to
sl,25. t8s
On soup foot" ware the presser gets s.,
the Gnlshsr Sl.7O, the foot.anisher $l.3O,
and the ssthersr sl95.
These wages are based on an average
price Per hundred, and In come eases the
number made In q turn Ia 100 lees than
heretofore made In Wheeling factories.
OF beer muSs and tunblers the number 10
greater. In Pittsburgh heretofore thu
presaer got So 20 and tho anlsher only
81 40. Tho down.the-rtyer manufacturer
Unlisted on taking 70 cents from the
preuser'a wsges and givingit to the ga.herer.
These points explain the effect OF tue now
scale. In pitchers, bowlu and like ware
The Wheeling factories lose from 10 10 Is
on move. On mugs and tumblors there
is a compromising gain, and again on
coup foot" ware, such al stem wine glauses,
celery glassos, etc., there is loss. There
Is m increase Of pricos in some classes Of
work, and decrease in others, go that
tho new scale about eQualizea thinSc.
Now, II presser 10 put to finishing DO is
paid presser's wages that Is, a 81 50 man
may work on a 81 10 job, but he must be
paid his full price OF 81 so. Under the
new scale, the man will be paid the scale
price Of tho job at which he works.
Alter the Scale Committee OF each lac.
tory had an opportunity to examine the
new scale, copies Of tho book containing
1t were given to individual workers who
wanted them. .-7 10.
Accompanying the scale was an "opon
letter" Of which the following 10 o copy:
A proper respect for our workmen
makes necessary statement Of tho rea-
sono that actuate Us in presenting the &C.
compsnying schedule Of work and rules
for the government OF the factories. '
You will conceds the following points
as q reasonable ground for action, alike
applicable to employers and employees,
viz: =
The present prices OF ware will not juu-
tily an increase in tho cost OF production.
An increase in wages will involve an
advance In prices OF a loes to the manu-
facturers. n.s $500
An advance in the prices will result in
lessened CONSUMPTION, and, necessarily, a
lessened production, with a conaeq uent
restriction in the number Of employees.
The lower the prices the greater the
consumption, and increase in the number
Of workmen employed. "l.
In view Of these aelf.evident p.oposi-
tons it follows, that the beat interests Of
employers and employees will DO beat sub
eerved by keeping tho cost Of production
at the lowest poeBible point.
We have made no reduction in wages
or advance in numbers beyond what the
men have made in mora or lees of The sev.
eral factories. In some instances 70.
duction will be noticed in some class Of
work; but in all such CAGES will be found
a corresponding advance in others, thus
ketping up the present average.
The object in view is to equslizs the
work on tho basis OF the skill and etlicieu.
cy Of the workmen. Some men can do
more work than others and on this pIsn
will be enabled to avail themselves of this
advantage by increasing their earnings.
The less ekillful workmen will then be
stimulated to improve their wage.earninp
ability rather than to pull down tho more
skilliul to their level which means brains
and capacity are not to count; that one
man, nc matter what his ability or what
labor he performs, Is to be paid as much
and no more than any other workman.
II would be just as reasonable to enact
law that all articles, without regard to their
value, should be worth one hundred dol.
lars and no more.
An organization is more or lees arbitrary
in proportion to its strength. It cannot
DO held in check by an organization equal
ly aa strong.
The manufacturers have learned wis.
dom from their workmsD, and formed an
organization to resist unreasonable de-
mands Of organized labor; disclaiminC,
however, any hostilities to labor associa.
tions as such.
It is not the intension Of the manufsc.
tureIs' organization to encroach on the
rights Of the workmsn, but, on the other
hand, 10 protect them. ANY grievance on
their part will receive the eanle coneidera.
ton from the Manufacturer Executive
Committee as the Factory itself, and be |
treated with entire impartiality.
The Manufacturer Committee Ia AZ.
thorized, if necessary, In the settlement OF |
Engagements, to call in the aid OF the
Workmen's Executive Committee.
With the sesurauce that We have yonr
interests in view, We trust this uchedule
and rulea will receive yoar impartial and |
attention. /
There is still no reason to hope that tho
new rules will be accepted by the Union,
1t Is understood that the scale is not 80 Oh. |
iectionable; indeed, the men claim it is |
much like the one they offered the mann. |
facturera this year. An answer is re-.
Quesled by Decembsr 20.
Important, II Truo.
P1rTssuaaH, Pa, Dec. GA general
strike of the table ware glapa workers is |